By Karen Jowers - Staff writer
Posted : Thursday Oct 18, 2007 11:10:35 EDT
When former Marine Cpl. Claudia Mitchell thinks about bending her bionic arm, it bends.
A neural sensor on her chest, along with an advanced mechanical arm and hand, give her a far greater range of motion than current prosthetic arms with hooks.
"I don’t have to think of the entire sequence of movements," she said, because with the technology, her thoughts control her nerves, and her nerves control the movement.
More at http://www.navytimes.com/news/2007/10/military_bionicarms_071018/
